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Post by devinrussell on Apr 2, 2015 7:37:57 GMT -6
Hey coaches im working at a new school and need something different to motivate these guys. Also looking for something symbolic that can represent toughness. I was thinking of a nail to show them and bring to practice to represent toughness.just something g different also any good reference manuals. Give me something.
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getbackcoach
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"If it is important, you will find a way. If not you will find an excuse."
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Post by getbackcoach on Apr 2, 2015 8:19:05 GMT -6
If you bring a nail, bring a hammer. You don't want them to be nails... You want them to be hammers!
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Post by eaglemountie on Apr 2, 2015 8:28:18 GMT -6
Toughness starts in the weight room and carries over to the field. We pride ourselves on running our power play and relate the toughness it takes to run that play to our power clean focus in the weight room.
Always a nice way to portray and relay toughness by relating it to the weight room.
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Post by freezeoption on Apr 2, 2015 8:45:13 GMT -6
yes, there is no gimmick to toughness, hard work and heart, and i have seen kids that do hard work but no heart and vice versa, but i still take the hard work and work it into them
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Post by coachwoodall on Apr 2, 2015 9:40:27 GMT -6
-Stalk Block drills. They love playing 1-1, make them have to chicken fight.
-Get some rabbits and work open field tackling drills in Indy time above and beyond tackle circuit.
-Spider Drill. This is a kind 'expanded Oklahoma' drill. Cones/pads make funnel shape starting 3-4 yards wide and expanding to 8-10 yards wide for a distance of about 15 yards. Then we have a OL vs DL, TE vs LB, and 2 WRs vs DBs. There is only 1 ball carrier and a coach stationed at each group. The snap/hand off takes place and the 1st group goes, then each staggered group goes when the coach yells GO. They are to block/defeat block and tackle the ball carrier. Ball carrier is trying to score.
This gets the DBs involved in some action.
-Do board drills vs the WRs
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Post by John Knight on Apr 2, 2015 10:29:41 GMT -6
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Post by georgefred86 on Apr 2, 2015 19:36:45 GMT -6
Everyone wants the secret plan to success. And there is the old saying there is no secret to success, it is simply hard work. As much as that is true ... if you are only working hard and have no connection with your players that gets old in a hurry. I have posted comments before about the real secret is that as coaches you have to "be present" with your players and develop relationships ... let them know you care about them as human beings and you would do anything to make their lives better.
Once you and your staff have established that you are willing to put the time into them in the offseason (weight room, classroom, attend their other sports/events, life in general, etc) and when you coach them they get better and they see the results ... you as coaches establish credibility.
We play a game at the end of each week of our workouts in the offseason in the gym called "grabazz" also known as ultimate football. It is a great way to find out who your athletes are and who loves to compete. Learned this game back in the early 90s while coaching a summer football camp at the University of Nebraska. When our staff first arrived our athletes didn't know how to compete and these games weren't that exciting or competitive. Seven years later and our guys fly around with reckless abandon. Now we have to ask them to dial it down at times.
Anyways, be present, be consistent, be great teachers of the game, make it fun, make it cool to be a football player and always be there for your athletes ... they will respond!
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Post by blackknight on Apr 5, 2015 10:48:02 GMT -6
We did board drills with the team once a week. With a team around forty we would divide the team into four groups. The groups were by position and size. We would bring the board out to the 50 yard line and place it on our logo. We would start with the two smallest in each group and work up in pairs. As each pair finished, the loser would take a knee and the winner got back in line with their group. We would repeat until there was a winner for each group and then we would square off the winners of the two biggest groups and the two smallest groups. We generally did this on Wednesdays.
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